What is the average salary of a housekeeper?

The average housekeeper earned an average annual salary of $22,500, as of May 2014, according to U.S. Department of Labor data. This average equated to an average hourly wage of $10.82.

In travel accommodation, the largest employment sector for housekeepers, average annual pay was $22,260. Among other top sectors, services and buildings provided housekeepers average salaries of $21,180 per year. General medical and surgical hospitals offered an average annual salary of $25,260. Nursing care facilities paid $21,700. Geographically, Hawaii was the top-paying state or territory with average annual pay of $32,450. The District of Columbia was second at $32,400 per year, followed by New York at $31,940.